Knights set blood drive
The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a blood drive in conjunction with Bloodworks Northwest from 12:30-6:30 p.m. (closed 4:15-5 p.m. for a break) Thursday, Jan. 21, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 101 E. Maple St., Sequim. Donors must be in good health and 18 years of age or older.
For more information, contact Bill Butcher at 461-7113.
Free dinner planned
A free community dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.
The meal includes meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, green salad, dessert and beverages.
Reservations, which are requested to ensure that enough food is prepared, may be made by calling the church at 683-5367 between 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before the dinner or by e-mail to dinners@sequimtumc.org.
The church presents the dinners on the last Thursday of each month.
Soup’s on at St. Luke’s
Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27, members of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will prepare a free homemade lunch every Wednesday from noon-1 p.m.
Everyone in the community is invited for a piping-hot bowl of soup and a crispy green salad. This is an opportunity to enjoy a relaxing meal and to meet new people.
St. Luke’s is at 525 N. Fifth Ave. in Sequim; parking in the front and rear.
OPAS hosts ‘Swans of the Dungeness Valley’
The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road in Sequim. “Swans of the Dungeness Valley” will be presented by Bob Boekelheide and Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society swan volunteers. The program is free and open to the public.
Planning commission to discuss shoreline
The Clallam County Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
The agenda includes a continued review of the November 2014 Draft Shoreline Master Program, a review of the Clallam County 2016 Growth Management Act and the 2016 Planning Commission General Work Plan.
Call 417-2277 for more information.
Grange breakfast on tap
Sequim Prairie Grange members will serve a pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24. In addition to pancakes, the menu includes ham, eggs and beverages at the grange at 290 Macleay Road.
The cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 10 and younger.
Part of the proceeds will go to TAFY, The Answer for Youth.
Fire chief to speak at hospital guild meeting
The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild will hold its monthly Speaker Series and business meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the community hall of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. in Sequim. Featured speaker this month will be the new fire chief for Clallam Fire District 3, Ben Andrews. He has been with District 3 since 2003.
The public always is invited to this portion of the meeting and speakers are first on the program, followed by a short recess and then the business meeting of the guild. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.
BLOCK Fest scheduled for Saturday
BLOCK Fest, a free event teaching youths from 8 months to 8 years about math and science using blocks, is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23, at Greywolf Elementary School, 171 Carlsborg Road.
Sign up for one of three sessions: 10-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 1-2 p.m.
Call 681-2250 or e-mail nicole@firstteacher.org for more information or to register.
Royalty applicants sought
Clallam County fair royalty applications are now available. Fair royalty participate in community parades and community events as ambassadors for the Clallam County Fair.
The Fair Royalty Court will participate at the Aug. 18-21 fair. Applications are open to students in grades 9-12 with a grade-point average of 2.6 or above. Applicants do not have to be 4-H or FFA members.
Deadline and orientation is Jan. 30.
All information is in the application. Applications are available at each Clallam County high school or contact ccfroyalty@hotmail.com for application and questions or call 681-2024.
Sequim school bond walking tours set
Sequim school bond walking tours will be offered at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23; and at 1 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 6. Each tour begins in the boardroom at 503 N. Sequim Ave., and includes campus sites that would be affected by the bond passage around Sequim High School, the district’s base kitchen and Helen Haller Elementary.
Each tour, including a question and answer period, should last under 90 minutes.
For more information, contact Patsene Dashiell at 582-3264.
Clothing donations needed for homeless
On March 4, the seventh annual Project Homeless Connect will be held in Port Angeles. There will be many services available including gently used clothing. Clothing donations are needed before Feb. 22. Clothing is distributed at no charge from donations given by community members, community businesses and local groups. Practical men’s and women’s gently used/new clothing is needed in sizes from small through XXXL.
The items most needed are socks/underwear/long underwear; jeans/sweatpants/casual pants; casual shirts/blouses; sweaters/sweatshirts; skirts (especially with elastic waists); coats/jackets/vests/slickers; belts; hats/baseball caps; gloves/mittens/scarves; and shoes/sneakers/boots. Non-clothing items needed are totes/book bags/cloth bags/backpacks; blankets/afghans/sleeping bags/waterproof ground sheets and reading glasses in any strength.
Call Penny Pittis at 460-5083 if you wish to make a donation of clothing. To make a monetary donation to Clallam County Homeless Outreach, a nonprofit 501(c)3 that organizes the Homeless Connect event, call Bob Dunlap at 452-2537.
MS group to meet
A drop-in, self-help group for people with multiple sclerosis will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the
Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., offering support, encouragement, tips and help dealing with MS. The group meets on the last Tuesday of every month at the Sequim Library at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Patty Jones at 808-9626 or pheath60@gmail.com.
Newcomers’ lunch set
The Newcomers’ Club Luncheon will be on Feb. 2 in the ballroom of the Red Lion Inn, 221 N. Lincoln St., Port Angeles. Representatives from the Olympic Peninsula YMCA will talk about their programs and their exciting plans for expansion in the area. Socializing starts 11:30 a.m. followed by a buffet luncheon program at noon. The price for lunch and program is $20; program fee is $5 and includes coffee and tea.
RSVP by noon Friday, Jan. 29, at http://olympicnewcomers.org/news/luncheon-reservation-form/ or warren.newcomers@gmail.com or 630-992-5613.
Agents to speak about human trafficking
Seattle Police Office/Vice Megan Bruneau and Special Agent Jennifer Williams, both assigned to Homeland Security Anti Human Trafficking Task Force, will share information and resources for communities to take action against human trafficking in Washington.
Bruneau and Williams will focus on the arena of forced labor human trafficking and what that might mean to the Olympic Peninsula.
The target audience is students — high school, middle school and college students — who are most vulnerable to human trafficking in the United States. The free seminar is from 12:35-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at Peninsula College’s Little Theater.
ASL talks to begin
Peninsula College will host discussions on American Sign Language from noon-1 p.m. the first and third Thursday monthly in Building C, Room C-203. Bring your knowledge and experience to share with others. For more information, call 417-6339.
Ready, set, read!
The Sequim School District hosts a family reading night, “Get Away with a Good Book,” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. All Sequim School District students and their families are invited to join the district’s teacher-librarians for an evening of literacy-focused fun and games.
The evening will begin in the gymnasium with a brief introduction at 5:30 p.m. Students and families will then be invited to participate in three 20-minute, literacy-focused activity sessions. Sessions will be offered for every age, from pre-K children through teens. Attending students receive a free book.
Contact your school’s teacher-librarian with questions.
Curley set to return for annual Shipley auction
The Shipley Center’s 5th Annual Gala, presented by Sequim Health and Rehabilitation, will be on July 29 at Sunland Golf and Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive,
Sequim. Popular Emmy Award-winning television host John Curley again will serve as auctioneer, sponsored by the generous support of The Fifth Avenue.
Last year’s gala raised over $10,000 for low-income senior memberships to the nonprofit Shipley Center and more than $25,000 for the center’s capital campaign for a new building to better serve the membership and community.
Tickets go on sale in June; sponsorships are available. Donations of potential auction items are now being accepted for the live and silent auctions.
The center is at 921 E. Hammond St. Call 683-6806.
Senior menu set
Sequim Senior Nutrition Site menus are served at 4:30 p.m. at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Suggested donation is $5 (60 and over), $8 guest and a 24-hour advance reservation is needed. RSVP to 683-8491. Menus are subject to change.
Friday, Jan. 22: Broccoli salad, baked fish, confetti rice, lima beans, lemon bars w/strawberries
Tuesday, Jan. 26: Mushroom barley soup, applesauce, stuffed pork chop, asparagus, cherry crisp
Wednesday, Jan. 27: Tossed salad, cabbage roll, steamed rice, carrots, mixed berry gelatin.
